Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-23
INTER-OCEAN

lNIER-OCEAN
NO LONGER ON THEIR KNEES
The Demand for Omce-A Real
Picture of Cleveland.
Special Correspondence of the INTER-OcEAN.I
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The return of
the president means a renewal of the
slaughter of the innocents. Since the
early spring of 'S5 there has not been
such a universal demand for the torture
of the trembling and sore pressed parti-
sans. In those early days the bowls of
the hilarious hunters after spoils raised
the dust OF the streets and cracked the
placid frescoing of the beautiful build
ings. Today the same hungry hoard
clanors for recognition. They are here
in person and by proxy. They come not
in sackcloth and ashes, but in the piano.
ply of might. They no longer regard the
platitudinous plants of the president
concerning civil service reform. They
come demanding Office as a right. They
remind one of the time when
The Assyrians came down like . wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were cleaning with purple and
And the sheen Of his spears was like stars on the sea,
Where tho blue waves roll nightly on deep Galilse.
In 'S5 they were seeking spoils, as in
the presence of a king with the head UNI
covered and the knee bent. Today, they
come to a man of commo origin, acct.
dental luck, superior %pretentions of
greatness, q p%retentious sham reformer.
They come to a man who affects superb
GRITTY over his fellow Democrats, just as
the enlisted tramp who never had a
square meal used to growl and put on
airs oyer the common fare of the camp.
strong Whit of executive power, and
who wants another lease of life. They
come to a man who beguiled a mother
into selling a daughter to him for the
temporary honor Of social position, for
saking her first love at maternal behest.
They come to a man whom they know
to be inferior, and they demand their
pound of tiesh-and they get it. One
thing alone, in the entire political trav-
esty, we may feel thankful for, and that
8 that the canaille evince better judg-
ment and more intelligent discrimina-
ton than the autocrat. They no longer
blackmail their neighbors and friends
with cowardly star-chamber assaults
upon their character. They make no
charge of Offensive partisanship."
They no longer bring to bear the mud
singing machines. They simply come
to the head center, make known their
will, and it is obeyed. The day of small
things is passed away. Grover Cleve-
land is openly a candidate for the nomi-
nation Of the Democratic party for the
presidency, and he is willing to sell his
birthright for that mess of pottage. And
while he sits in the seat of Washington,
doing out patronage for political pre-
ferment, the man who barred his breast
to the bullets of his beloved c~onfederatea
in his stead, lies in u semi-almshouse,
uncared for, unknown, his heart fast
beating funeral marches to the tomb.
Was there ever such a picturesque and
unique scene in recent history of the
Republic.
Friends of Col. Morrison, of Illinois,
asserts that he is doing his level best to
win the Democratic nomination for the
governship of Illinois. Others, less
friendly, say that he is anxious to again
meet Jehu Baker in contest for a con-
g%ressional seat from his old district.
And yet, it is said, that he is not going
to allow himself to be surprised if he re.
ceives the nomination for the vice-presi.
dency. Col. Morrison has many friends
in Washington, of both parties, but he
is not likely to win preferment through
their efforts in his behalf. He is nearly
GO years ofage, and is past the time wher
men may successfully struggle to re-
trieve political fortunes. Speaking o.
the vice-presidency, there are five can
didates for that office on the Democratic
side in Illinois. There are Stevenson,
Black, Sparks, Oberly. and Morrison,
The conundrum arises IN the minds o.
the politicians, What will become OF the
Villas boom? Can he compete with sucl
an array OF talent7 His Wisconsin
friends say that this diversity of Illinois
ian interest will splititselt to pieces, ant
that Villas will come in between the in.
terstices.
Two young ladies who are evidentl,
seeking peculiar notoriety have sue
ceeded in creating a sensation. One o
them tells of a guide in the capital
building who insulted her, and her com
panion, another young lady of tende
years. Those who know the capital ant
the efficiency of its police force arc un
willing to believe all that the misses tell
They say hat the two guides walked
with them about the building, and asket
them to separate, which they did, eacl
girl going with a stranger away iron
her companion, into the dark n re
mote recesses of the great building. On
of them alleges that she was Rugged ant
kissed, and the other makes statesment
even more serious. But the stranges
part of it all is that the young ladie.
afterwards walked to the lower exit O
the building with the guides, and never
saw a single policeman to whom the,
could complain. 1t is rather apoor stor,
and not n calculated to evoke eithe
compassion or immediate credence. l
is possible that the naughty guides di'
as charged; but as they are all reputabl